On Mar 2, 2008, at 4:22 AM, Sandy Harris wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Jordan Hayes
> <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
>
>>> I think that in a hundred years or so English will
>>> have "yall" as the second-person plural.
>>
>> My money is on 'youse' ...
>
> We need something. Resurrecting "thou" for the singular seems
> unlikely.
>
> In at least my part of Canada, "you guys" is common. It's not
> gender-specific;
> I once heard a bartender say to two departing customers, "You guys
> have a
> nice night, ladies."
>
> I've heard Brits use "you lot", but I'm not sure if that's a just a
> plural or closer
> in meaning to "your crowd", and not sure how common it is.
>
> Any others?
>
> --
> Sandy Harris,
> Nanjing, China
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